[[quoteright:320:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nrs-blo19_you-gonna-get-reiped_3946.jpg]][[caption-width-right:320:And you're going to like it.]]-> "I mean, I've practically got weird crap happening on a timer, here. Just wait, three seconds and something whacky will happen."--> -- '''[[{{Expy}} Pieter Sohryu]]''', explaining the story about as well as anyone.

If ''FanFic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40K'' can be called the love child of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' and ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', then ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies NGE: Nobody Dies]]'' is what happens when you mix ''Eva'' with ''Anime/OvermanKingGainer'', a smidgen of ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}'', and a not-inconsiderable number of [[ShoutOut/NobodyDies Shout Outs]]. It could also be what happens when [[EnsembleDarkhorse Rei]] is raised by [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} the Warner siblings]] and [[Franchise/CodeGeass Lelouch Lamperouge]] [[HilarityEnsues and then gets set loose in the Geofront]].

''Nobody Dies'' is the brainchild of Gregg Landsman, author of ''FanFic/WalkingInTheShadowOfDreams''. [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5071650&postcount=21941 The title's a little misleading]], so here's the story in a nutshell -- it's ''Evangelion'', except that Yui didn't completely go through with the contact experiment with Unit 01. As a result, both she and Kyoko Zeppelin Sohryu are very much alive, and their influence on the story has turned virtually the entire series on its head, in some ways that are predictable (Shinji is more well-adjusted, though not so different from his canon counterpart as to be totally unrecognizable) and some ways that really, ''really'' aren't ([[CrazyAwesome Rei]] and [[ShrinkingViolet Asuka]], on the other hand...).

At its heart, the story is a FixFic and a transformation of ''Evangelion'' into a classic SuperRobot show, with plenty of humor and action and giant robots beating the stuffing out of equally giant monsters. That's not to say everything is all sunshine and roses, however; not all the changes invoked are for the better, and the series has its share of dark moments. By and large, however, ''Nobody Dies'' is very much of the LighterAndSofter variety of ''Evangelion'' fanfiction, and it comes highly recommended to anyone looking for exactly that.

As of February 22nd, 2012, ''Nobody Dies'' has hit 110[[spoiler:/79]] chapters '''and counting''', [[WordOfGod having just begun its fifth "season."]] Sections of each chapter are posted in the ''Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom'' forum [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/nge-nobody-dies-update-and-stuff-thread.245668/ thread about the fic]] before the entire chapter is posted to fanfiction.net, if you want teasers. It should be noted that this is actually the '''''thirteenth''''' discussion thread for this fic; here are the links to the [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=159237 original thread]], [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?p=172408 the second]], a short-lived [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=185518 third thread]], the [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=185528 fourth]], [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=193216 fifth]], [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=202079 sixth]], [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=204404 seventh]], [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=206471 eighth]], [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=208658 ninth]], [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=210421 tenth]], [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?p=7098500 eleventh]], & [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/nobody-dies-5-somethingsomething.217213/ twelfth]] threads. It should also be noted that the original had become the largest discussion thread on the entire site, ''way'' past the point where threads are normally locked, and the second was one of a number of large threads that temporarily '''crashed''' Spacebattles' servers. The 3rd and every thread since, on the other hand, were locked before this could happen, and starting recently they've been getting auto-locked when they reach a length of 500 posts.

Due to this series' popularity, several spinoffs exist, often side-stories focusing on some of [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters the many, many side characters]]. Canonised ones (in more or less chronological order) include:* ''Nobody Dies: Ichi's Birthday Party'', a fun little prequel showing Ichi and the Ree generally being cute. (Read between Chapters 19 and 43).* ''[[FanFic/NobodyDiesTrialsOfKiriHarasami Nobody Dies: The Trials of Kiri Harasami]]'', a semi-prequel following a girl in Rei's class who gets ''noticed''.* ''Nobody Dies: The Story of NERV-Alaska'', a side story taking place in Alaska (duh), focusing on Dr. Dream Mondschein, his son Adam, and Evangelion Units 04 ("Quatre") and 14 ("Catorce"). It also has a sequel: ''NERV-Alaska: Aftermath'', which serves to tie it in with the main story. (Read prior to Chapter 57).* ''Nobody Dies: The Kei Files'', a side story detailing what happened to Kei when she was in SEELE's hands. Serves to greatly flesh out both her and Kaworu's characters, and introduces the Keiworu. (Read between Chapters 35 and 43.)* ''Nobody Dies: Everybody Dies'', a theoretical endgame scenario revealed to have been dreamed up in-universe by Kei Ayanami, providing us further glimpses into her mind. (Read between Chapters 43 and 69).* ''FanFic/NobodyDiesSixAIsOneContinent'', another side story covering the (mis)adventures of the Reego and two of the Keiworu in Australia. (Takes place concurrent to Chapters 64 - 70).

In addition, several future/alternate timelines have generated their own fics:* ''Nobody Dies: Those Who Remain'', a Mana-centered story which spins off from ch. 75.* [[FanFic/NobodyDiesTheYomiverse The Yomiverse]], encompassing several stories, all focused around Yomiko Nagisa.

Additionally, Gregg has begun an open beta test of a rewrite of the fanfic, ''FanFic/TheRebuildOfNobodyDies'', which NeedsWikiMagicLove. The first thread is found [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?p=7160504 here]], and the second thread is [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=216305 here]]. The first ''twelve'' chapters have been posted to [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9033037/1/Rebuild-of-Nobody-Dies-One-Point-Zero fanfiction.net.]]

Please post single character-specific tropes to the [[Characters/NobodyDies character sheet]]. Other important links are at the top of the page.

Severe reader backlash from a certain WhamEpisode led to a ''massive'' CreatorBreakdown, and it seemed that the original version of ''Nobody Dies'' was, well, dead, but Gregg has insinuated that [[{{Metaphorgotten}} it's in a state best described as "hibernating"]], so updates are possible.

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* AirVentPassageway** For Rei and the Ree, [[strike:NERV's]] ''any'' accessible ductwork is a playground. They make [[Franchise/{{Alien}} xenomorphs]] and trapdoor spiders look like rank ''amateurs'' by comparison!** Kensuke seems to have picked this up as well. Not surprising, really.** During their intrusion into the canon NGE universe, T!Rei and canon!Asuka use the ductwork to [[spoiler:get into the dummy plug chamber and wreak havoc]].** Shinji has picked this up as well since [[spoiler:being Reeified]], but he's still not very good at it.** [[spoiler:(Former)]] Subcommander Fuyutsuki is in New Vegas when a gang attacks the casino he's in. Guess how he rescues the hostages?*** When they ask about how he got so good at it, he replies that it's an "occupational skill" he picked up.* AllJustADream:** Chapter [[spoiler:66.]]** Chapter [[spoiler:102]] takes this trope UpToEleven [[spoiler: by [[RetCon retconning]] the last 30 chapters]].* AllThereInTheManual: The fic's threads at Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom (archived near the top of this page) contain some interesting information not found in the fic. They don't have to be read to enjoy the story, but they do help.* AlternateTimeline:** When ''Everybody Dies'' was canonized in Chapter 68, many fans began speculating about what would happen to Kei. It was [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5129112&postcount=1798 suggested]] that she would run away to live with Kaworu in Germany, spawning the idea that their daughter Yomiko would be LockedOutOfTheLoop about her mother's past. Writing about the [[HilarityEnsues lulz]] that are generated when she finds out at the age of thirteen became so popular that there are three separate continuities working off of the idea.:*** In the [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?p=5140509#post5140509 Gregg Landsman]] future, a fourteen year-old Yomiko is reunited with her family.*** Tropers/EarthScorpion's "[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5129765&postcount=1821 Little Yomiko]]" shorts apply {{Moe}} to a [[ForSCIENCE Science!]]-based [[Series/TheAddamsFamily "Addams Family"-esque]] environment with the Nagisas. The story was the first to be published, but Earth Scorpion didn't come up with the idea himself. The story was formerly [[ContinuitySnarl in the same canon as]] K9's, but with the start of [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5559974&postcount=12447 this story]] it became clear that neither was reconcilable with the other.*** Tropers/K9Thefirst1 [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5130128&postcount=1829 came up with the idea]], but as of January 2011 there was [[ScheduleSlip only one]] [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5262018&postcount=5658 chapter]] of the main plot actually written by K9.** After the events of Chapter 75, Arujei created another alternate future in which Asuka, Rei, and the Ree [[spoiler:never recovered from being tanged]]. This story, entitled "Those Who Remain", revolves around Mana.* AndIMustScream:** [[spoiler:Iruel]] eventually corrupts [[spoiler:Asuka's]] VR sim into a nightmare where [[spoiler:Kyoko vivisects her for parts and leaves her soul trapped in her teddy bear.]]** [[spoiler:Zeruel]] ends up as a tiny chunk in a jar for [[spoiler:Kaworu]] to play with.* {{Angrish}}:** When Yui lapses into this, you know she's truly lost her temper:*** At the end of Chapter 19:--> "She's not really angry," Shinji whispers to Asuka.\\"How can you tell?" she asks.\\[[TemptingFate "She's not making up words yet."]]\\"Go back to your ''flurgen'' rooms," Yui growls towards the Ree.\\"Okay, now she is," Shinji says, grabbing Asuka's wrist, and pulling her out with him.*** Then there's her reaction at the end to Chapter 34 [[spoiler:when she finds out Gendo started a bar brawl at the UN-sponsored dinner.]]--->"Ffffffffffffffff....."\\Rei leans into the host.\\[[Webcomic/EightBitTheater "I think she's sprung a leak."]]*** Later...--->"Great," Shinji groans, "Any way this day can get worse?"\\The door slams open.\\''"Flargen! Hasshoff!"''\\"Oh, right," Shinji sighs, slumping into a chair, "Mom's pissed."*** The beginning of Chapter 53 is something of an aversion: [[spoiler:Yui becomes ''so'' angry that she loses the ability to communicate except through hand gestures and a sketchbook.]]** There's also Kyoko's reaction to [[spoiler:learning that Asuka can pilot Unit 02]] in Chapter 25.** Rei lets the occasional "flurgen" slip out.* AnimatedAdaptation: An anime paralleling canon ''Evangelion'' is made in-universe, produced by [[MythologyGag Gainax]] and written by the Ree, complete with GainaxEnding.* ApocalypseHow: In addition to the one nicked from canon ''Evangelion'', ''Nobody Dies'' adds a few of its own:** [[spoiler:The battle between the merged Rei/Go-Kun and ADAM]] causes a Class 6 on [[spoiler:the post-Third Impact Earth of ''End of Evangelion'']] It got bad enough that [[spoiler:[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere the Tanged souls pulled themselves together and took off into space]]]].** [[spoiler:Lilith's escape]], if left unchecked, could have caused a Class 4.** [[spoiler:Shinji bringing Mari into the entry plug of Unit 01]] nearly caused another Class 1 Impact.* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering: Chapter 3, for one.--> "I think so, dear," (Yui) says, "but I have no idea where we would get saran wrap in that bulk."* ArtMajorPhysics:** Three words: "plasma focusing crystal"** Lampshaded in Chapter 54:---> '''Asuka''': "That...that was completely impossible. I mean...physics doesn't ''work'' that way!"* AscendedExtra: Contains many examples, some from canon ''Evangelion'' but others original creations.** Several of the Angels get their roles and personalities significantly more fleshed out than in Canon. Iruel, Tabris, Sandalphon, and ADAM in particular stand out; Armisael, Leliel, and Zeruel also get plenty of dialogue. [[spoiler:Several of them even pull {{Heel Face Turn}}s.]]** The Ree were originally meant to be a recurring NoodleIncident, but have since become much more fleshed out.** The Reego also fit this, thanks to a certain side story by Tropers/EarthScorpion.* AttackItsWeakPoint: ''Invoked'' by Rei.--> '''Misato:''' ''The enemy is a Giant Crab!''\\'''Rei:''' ''Hit its weak point for MASSIVE DAMAGE!''\\'''Misato:''' ''Rei! Get off the damn channel!''* AudioAdaptation: Some readers have taken to making audio renditions of the Angels' {{Badass Boast}}s ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5vH1k22Dio Zeruel]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtkoaZrrqtc&feature=related is]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdzuO_Rsdcg&feature=channel a]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voy2pJf0YVI popular]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp4MQn88Ikg&feature=related one]]). One reader even pulled out the [[HamAndCheese pork]] [[EvilIsHammy products]] for a rendition of Iruel's dialogue (from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRQRRO5dt9g&feature=channel Chapters 31]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYCZAVAQyDk&feature=channel 32]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahecrwY1iR4&feature=channel 33]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2PAi8cpYOU&feature=channel 37]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ayf8RQXLvI&feature=channel and]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeZH7PU-e7c&feature=channel 38]]) A radio drama is being made by Spacebattles Forum.* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Lorenz Kihl]] in Ch. 102.** Except that [[spoiler: he wasn't even [[AllJustADream dead]]]].* BadassBoast:** Several of the Angels introduce themselves with these. They can be found on the Quotes page.** Mana gets off a beauty in Chapter 25 as she prepares to attack an incoming Angel.---> "It's like a religious experience. Wanna know my prayer?" [...] "Yea, though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I shall fear no evil! For I am driving 35,000 tons of F___ YOU."*** Thanks to Kyoko, she upgrades it a few chapters later:---> " For though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death," Mana announces, "I will fear no evil. Not now. For I [[spoiler:AM 35,000 tons of FUCK YOU.]]"** Go-kun gets a nice one in Chapter 68 while fighting another Angel.---> '''Angel, You will go no further. The forces of Mankind will stand against you. For every step you take, you will pay dearly. For every life you have taken, you will pay. We will fight to the last breath. We will fight to the last man. [[YouShallNotPass And if you wish to enter this city, you will do so only past me.]]'''* BadassFamily: '''The Ikaris''', especially since Ichi and the Ree count as members.* BarBrawl:** The state function-equivalent of one, as instigated by Gendo.** Chapter 50 features one in a karaoke bar that turns into a ThunderingHerd between Mari, Mana and Asuka (the latter two in various stages of inebriation) [[spoiler:and several dozen foot-tall Israfels]].* BeachEpisode: Chapter 76.* BerserkButton:** Insulting Yui within earshot of Gendo is a bad idea.** If you value your life and property, you will never harm Asuka, or else you'll have Shinji to deal with. The principal learned this the hard way.** By WordOfGod, anyone doing irrevocable harm to one of Rei's friends is ''dead''. Period.* BewareTheNiceOnes:** Rei may be the nicest EldritchAbomination this side of LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya, but if you hurt her friends, she and the Ree will make your life very painful.** Shinji in Chapters 36 and 66.* BeyondTheImpossible: Jet Alone Prime [[spoiler:generates an AT-field despite not being an Evangelion and Mana uses it to collapse an Angel's AT-field]].* {{BFS}}: The Progressive Sword, Magoroku.* BigScrewedUpFamily: With the way the pairings are working out, the [[ManipulativeBastard Ikaris]] and the [[CainAndAbelAndSeth Sohryus]] are going to have multiple connections, along with the continual creation of [[CloudCuckoolander Rei descendants]] and [[InstantAIJustAddWater the AIs]], there's going to be a very [[TangledFamilyTree large and extensive]] family tree of lunatics.* BizarreAlienBiology: The inside of an Angel is ''weird''.* BookEnds:** Zeruel's "I am assuming direct control" in Chapter 65 gets thrown in his face by Tabris in Chapter 70.* BoomHeadshot: [[PlayingWithATrope Used as a threat]] by Kyoko against [[spoiler:Little Naked Lilith]] in Chapter 75. Specifically, she threatened to kill [[spoiler:Shinji]], and then [[spoiler:subverted the trope when she revealed it was a toy gun]].* BossRush: Asuka has to go through something like this to rescue Shinji from the Ree, in a combined nod to ComicBook/ScottPilgrim and ''VideoGame/MegaMan''.* {{Bowdlerise}}: Done by ''the author himself''; see TWordEuphemism below.* ABoyAndHisX: A girl and her 200' tall giant fighting robot that thinks it's a dog.* BreakingTheFourthWall:** The Ree. ([[CrazyAwesome Who else?]])--->[[spoiler:"Since he's Shinji from an alternate universe, the Project E staff are calling him [=AlterShinji=]. The Ree say he's from Canon or something, but I can't tell what the girls are saying half the time, myself."]]** Chapter 55 had this one:--->[[spoiler:Standing around the table in the briefing room, used as an impromptu theatre, Yui Ikari takes off her glasses and rubs her eyes, smacking herself to try to tell herself that was all just a very bad dream. But no. She is awake. She saw that. Now she's trying to figure out what it was.]]\\[[spoiler:"What did I just see?"]]\\[[spoiler:"The season finale," Pieter explains, slumping into one of the swivel chairs, "As it turns out, the MAGI has been rewriting the scripts at Gainax. So technically, the ''Ree'' wrote the anime."]]\\[[spoiler:"I...that made no sense. Why was Shinji [[GainaxEnding sitting in a metal folding chair]]? Why was everyone congratulating him? What the Hell was going on there?"]]* BreakTheCutie:** Chapters 31 through 33, for Shinji, Mana, and Asuka (as if Asuka wasn't already broken enough...).** Chapter 36 takes the abuse of Asuka and Shinji [[FromBadToWorse even further]].** Ichi at the end of the third "season" and the start of the fourth.* BreakTheHaughty:** Several unsuccessful attempts are made on Kyoko. It takes [[spoiler:learning her fate in canon ''Evangelion'' and how it affected canon!Asuka in Chapter 40]] for it to finally stick.** [[spoiler:Canon!Asuka]] gets this from [[spoiler:ND!Asuka]] in Chapter 40.* BrickJoke:** Chapter 3. Yui and Gendo are pondering something that involves saran wrap in bulk. Chapter 10. Kozo Fuyutsuki has his office completely covered in saran wrap. Note - may actually be unrelated incidents.** Rei defeats a remnant of Sachiel in one of the earlier chapters. In Chapter 30, she clarifies where she put it:--->"Well, then I had him stuffed. And mounted. And I installed hydraulics in his arms so he'd sort of jump anyone who looked in my closet. And stuff."*** Then in Chapter 40, someone who really doesn't need any more trauma opens the closet...*** It comes up again in Chapter 88 when Rei has to move and "for some reason no one wants to empty out her closet."** There's a brief scene where Maya reminisces on her tenure as Rei's babysitter when she was younger, and mention is made of a NoodleIncident where a four-year-old Rei somehow totaled Fuyutsuki's car with a squeaky toy mallet. A few chapters later after the depths of Asuka's mental damage are revealed and Kyoko is discovered to be responsible, she finds her car utterly wrecked with a squeaky toy mallet lying on the pavement next to it.*** Rei had accomplices the second time, which sets up another brick joke as Kensuke mumbles in terror his fears of becoming a "prison bitch" while in lockup thanks to Rei blackmailing him with that possibility 8 chapters earlier. Comes back again in Chapter 43 too. Hell, it was even mentioned by Gregg himself in the very first post of the fic's original discussion thread.*** [[{{Cyborg}} Mana]] reveals that her uterus has been replaced by a hard drive (where she stores her illegally downloaded music) when putting down Lilith. Twenty-odd chapters later, she responds to a GroinAttack with "My hard drive! You hit my f_ing hard drive!"* BridgeBunnies: All present and accounted for.* ButtMonkey:** Kozou Fuyutsuki is Rei's 'Special Friend.'** Kensuke Aida is blackmailed into being Rei's friend/partner in crime.** In Chapter 14, [[spoiler:Kaworu]] comes to Tokyo-3 with the intention of [[spoiler:breeding with Rei.]] It doesn't end well.** Aoba pretty much defines the trope.* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling The Old Woman Out]]:** Shinji to Yui in Chapter 33.** Asuka to Kyoko in Chapter 43.** Possibly, Naoko to Yui in Chapter 57.** Kei was about to do this to Yui in Chapter 68.* CanonImmigrant:** Mana Kirishima, who is the pilot of Jet Alone Prime and arrives by [[spoiler:orbital dropping on Ramiel.]]** [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Mari Makinami]]** For a few chapters, the canon version of Shinji.** There have been a few immigrants from the story's own (canonized) fan fiction as well: the Keiworu, Adam Mondschien, Allison Catorce...* CassandraTruth: In Rebuild, when MAGI signals a long series of false Angel detections (so long that at some point it just [[OverlyLongGag gives up on numbering them]]), it also gets one right: [[spoiler:Humanity]].* CatsAreMean: Merrill the Cat, who used to be Yui's pet, never forgave Shinji for hogging the attention of his human. Oh, and he was given a few superpowers by another scientist in the family.* ChekhovsGun:** The fact that [[spoiler:Ramiel's core was only ''partially'' destroyed]] comes back to bite the pilots in Chapter 22.** In Chapter 22 Asuka sees a seven-eyed mask [[spoiler:during her sync test]], foreshadowing the events of Chapter 61.* ChildrenAreInnocent: Not only applies to Ichi, but also applies (albeit in a roundabout way FromACertainPointOfView) to all the child-figures of the story. The child figures (Shinji, Asuka, Rei, Kei, Ichi/[[spoiler:Rei Ikari]], [[spoiler:the Angels]], etc) are all honest, sympathetic, caring, kind or some combination of the above [[note]]Zeruel may want to destroy humanity, but it has been implied that he does genuinely care about his fellow Angels[[/note]]. On the other hand, many of the parent figures are either [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] ([[spoiler:Yui]]), aloof/distant ([[spoiler:Kyoko]]), [[JerkAss both]] (Kihl), [[MyBelovedSmother smothering]] ([[spoiler:Lilith]]) or just [[OmnicidalManiac omnicidal]] ([[spoiler:ADAM]]).* ColonCancer: The story is ''NGE: Nobody Dies'', and the sidestories are titled in the obvious fashion, e.g. ''NGE: Nobody Dies: The Kei Files''.* ContagiousPowers: Since Chapter 66, [[spoiler:all EVA pilots have been physically and/or psychically part, if not completely, Angelic]].* CoolCar: Misato's new car as of chapter 77: a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagani_Zonda Pagani Zonda]] [[spoiler: which happens to be a transformer ''and'' Go-kun's new avatar body.]]* CrackFic: One chapter features [[spoiler:Gendo Ikari and a computer-simulated version of Creator/HideakiAnno]] attempting to beat each other into a stinking pulp due, in part, to a disagreement over the value of nudity in a children's game. [[SerialEscalation This is not the least sane thing to happen in this fic.]]* CrossCounter: You knew the only way to end the fight between Gendo and President Colbert was with a simultaneous KO. Right? Right. Of course you did.* {{Crossover}}:** Starting with chapter 39, Leliel starts juggling characters around from various universes. So far, confirmed worlds include [[spoiler:''Nobody Dies''(obviously), the canon universe circa Leliel's attack, ''End of Evangelion'', ''FanFic/TakingSights'', ''FanFic/AeonNatumEngel'', and the ''Petit Eva'' universe by WordofGod]].** As of ch. 46, [[spoiler:the changes made to the canon Eva-verse by the ND! characters have set up Gregg's other fic, ''FanFic/WalkingInTheShadowOfDreams'']].** In chapter 48, Gregg moves on to interseries crossover when he reveals that on her trip through the multiverse, Rei picked up [[spoiler:[[Franchise/MassEffect Tali]]]]. This is resolved in ch 52, when [[spoiler:Fem!Shepard and the crew of the Normandy try to break into NERV and "save" her]]. The end of the chapter reveals that the whole thing was one big {{plan}} by [[spoiler:[[Series/DoctorWho Ten]] to get back his sonic screwdriver from Rei. Shepard then headbutts the Doctor and they leave in the TARDIS, ensuring more wacky outer space hijinks to come.]]** In chapter 106, Rei is unsure who [[Series/TopGearUK the Stig]] is.* CurbStompBattle:** [[spoiler:Raziel]] manages to [[spoiler:gravely wound Ichi]] and handily defeat and severely injure Asuka without trouble, until [[spoiler:Shinji goes berserk]].** Zeruel casually disposes of Turel and two other nameless Cherubim within the space of a few paragraphs.** In Chapter 72, Asuka vs. [[spoiler:a teenage robot version of her mother]], specifically designed to be her greatest foe. She simply blasts its head off and moves on.* CuteBruiser:** Rei and her sisters in more ways than one. Not only are they physically cute, but they (with one exception) have a sunny disposition that you can't help but smile at...unless you're the target of their ''attentions''.** And of course there's little Ichi. [[spoiler:Unit-01]], with the mind of a six year-old little girl.

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* DateRapeAverted: [[spoiler:Hikari's sister hooks Asuka up with a blind date who turns out to be a total scumbag when he spikes her drink.]] However, not two seconds later as the perp is preparing to leave with his comatose date, [[spoiler:[[BigDamnHeroes Shinji, Hikari, and]] ''[[BigDamnHeroes Gendo]]'' sit down at the table with him. And they brought '''[[TheMenInBlack friends]]''' with them.]]--> [[spoiler:'''Gendo:''' The lady you have drugged is the daughter of one of my scientists. Allow me to introduce you to her security detail.]]\\[[spoiler:*On cue, ''every single patron'' in the restaurant stands and sheds plainclothes disguises for Section 2 uniforms.*]]* ADayInTheLimelight: Chapter 27 focuses almost entirely on Uriel, Kensuke, Pieter, and Junior.* DeconstructionFic: It's dubious to say any fanfic is deconstructing ''Eva'' itself, as it's already a deconstruction. But by turning ''Eva'' into the very genre it deconstructed, Landsman ends up deconstructing some of the tropes ''Eva'' helped make oh-so-common in "serious" {{Anime}}. Such as:.* DefeatMeansFriendship:** After their respective defeats [[spoiler:Liliel and Sandalphon have openly thrown their lot in with humanity]].** Ditto for [[spoiler:Ramiel after merging with Mari]].** [[spoiler:The Israfelim]]... well, in their case it's more like Defeat Means Neutrality, and they're mostly [[GoingNative interested in integrating themselves into society anyway]].* DefrostingIceQueen: When Shinji met Asuka she was very sheltered, insecure and shy due to her abusive parents. Slowly she warmed up to him, they fell in love and she became more strong-willed and more self-reliant.* DestinationDefenestration: [[spoiler:Kaworu should've known better than to get between a jet-lagged Rei and the bed, even if she thought he was really pretty and it was in the Honeymoon Suite]].* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: While departing from the ANE!Verse, Rei flirts with and fist bumps ''Nyarlathotep.'' Nyarlathotep flirts ''back.''--> ''"Look me up in a few thousand years."''** Nyarlathotep's response to Rei having seven sisters?---> ''"Kinky"''** People who watch Rei eat tend to have this reaction also.* DistractedByTheSexy: When Asuka first gets into her plugsuit as Unit-02's new pilot (it's a long story), Shinji walks by on the way to a test. Once he [[MaleGaze gets a good look]], a wall decides to say hi. Combining this with the multiple situations of DidIJustSayThatOutLoud, it's a wonder that Asuka hasn't gotten over her socialization issues.* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale[=/=]TheUnfairSex: Rei performs "ocular rape" on one male character -- which she wouldn't have if he didn't have a healing factor -- and "deflowers" another...with a turnip. No healing factor. She is reprimanded, but it's still played for laughs. By contrast, a male character who attempts to DateRape Asuka is punished by being handed over to Rei for a FateWorseThanDeath, implied to include...rape.** A ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=220673 fic from the same author speculated on what would happen if Female-Shepard's reconstruction included Rei's DNA]]. It results in Legion in a maid uniform, fleeing from attempted violation by a drunk [[http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Admiral_Daro%27Xen_vas_Moreh Daro'Xen vas Moreh]], under Shepard's logic that it'll "help Quarian/Geth relations". Again, played for laughs.--->''"Shepard Commander! This platform requires adult supervision!"''\\"I ''aaaam'' an adult! :3"* DrivesLikeCrazy:** Rei. '''"RAMP!"'''*** It's so bad that NERV has to design a "Rei-inforced" vehicle just for her. If it can't remain functional after ''being punted by an '''Eva''''', she can't drive it.** In the latest snippets, we learn that Yui drives with...passion. Asuka's terrified.*** After [[spoiler:being awakened from Arael's Dream]], we find out that Yui ISN'T actually that crazy behind the wheel. and according to the conversation she has with Shinji after arriving, she apparently is one of those SUPER DEFENSIVE drivers. You know, the ones that go 10 in a 30 zone and have to make a complete stop for any given turn.** Misato. [[spoiler:"I fucking raced the fucking Stig and blew him up with my transforming super car which has a jet engine and an Evangelion AI."]]* DropTheHammer: Jet Alone Prime came equipped with an Eva-scale warhammer; WordOfGod is that it's [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5100518&postcount=479 a reference to one of the NGE video games]][[http://wiki.evageeks.org/File:Jetbutt.jpg]]. It gets put to good use more than once.* DynamicEntry:** Done ''[[DeathFromAbove from orbit]]'' by [[spoiler:Mana and Jet Alone Prime]] during the battle with Ramiel.** [[spoiler:Go-Kun]] pulls one off [[spoiler:inside the VR sim against Iruel, on its own.]]** Done again in chapter 85 by [[spoiler:Gaghiel]].* DysfunctionJunction: It's still there, although in a lot of ways it's been systematically dismantled - in particular, Shinji has done his best to bring Asuka out of her shell (with sideline assistance from Rei and Hikari), Rei has friends and is somewhat more normal and the mental issues of the cast in general seem somewhat muted in comparison to their canon counterparts.* EasterEgg: Chapter 96, just below the title card, note the bolded letters.-->[[spoiler:'''center cannot hold'''/'''it is coming'''/'''activate''']]* EldritchAbomination: The Angels, of course, and by extension [[HumanoidAbomination Rei, the Ree, and Kaworu]]. The author has hinted that the "what?", "why?", and "from who?" for Rei may be different (and possibly worse) than canon.* EmpathicWeapon: Instead of being {{soul jar}}s for the mothers of the pilots, the Evas are directed by something similar to an onboard AI, making them closer to sapient weapons.* EvenEvilHasStandards: The other canon Angels do not like Iruel very much. In fact, their immediate reaction upon learning that he might still be alive was "Let's kill him before he tries anything." They also do not like the Cherubim.* EverybodyLives: Both used and subverted. So far, none of the main cast have died [[BackFromTheDead permanently]], but Misato's father is still dead in the backstory, and [[spoiler:the true circumstances of Naoko Akagi's death]] are still unresolved. [[spoiler:Most of the canon Angels]] have actually survived, in one form or another.* EvilCounterpart: WordOfGod says that [[spoiler:part of the final battle will be a fight between our heroes and their evil opposites. This goes for both the pilots and their Evas, and will apparently include Go-kun facing down the Eva version of [[{{Transformers}} Megatron]].]]* ExpandedUniverse / FanVerse: This fic has spawned a number of other fics acting as prequels and side stories. The list (so far) is as follows:** @/EarthScorpion:*** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5881723/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies_The_Kei_Files The Kei Files]]'', where we see just how much of a ManipulativeBastard and [[{{Chessmaster}} Chessmistress]] Kei really is...and how utterly screwed [[spoiler:Kaworu]] may be.*** The author gives a little revisit to [[FanFic/AeonNatumEngel his previous work]] with a discussion of ethics [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=4799021&postcount=9500 between Go-Kun and that universe's Ritsuko Akagi.]] This was slightly condensed and incorporated into ch. 44.*** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5969134/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies_Ichis_Birthday_Party Ichi's Birthday Party]]'' is the tale of the 8th birthday party for a [[CheerfulChild 60m God-killing abomination]], and the trouble that goes into making it super-special. Like the cake. And the party hat. [[FromBadToWorse Did I mention]] that all eight of the Ree are coming? Aged 12? And so are right in the [[HolyShitQuotient middle of puberty?]] Warning; contained lethal does of [[CheerfulChild cute]] and {{Moe}}.*** Blending the CheerfulChild of ''Ichi's Birthday Party'' and the CreepyChild of ''The Kei Files'' is ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6122208/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies_Six_AIs_One_Continent Six AIs, One Continent]]'', which details the adventures of the Reego (Rei's and Go-kun's AI mind babies) and two of the Keiworu (Kei and Kaworu's) in the blasted, storm-covered dead continent of Australia. Only it isn't so dead. And it can be seen that the Ree are the [[BlatantLies most responsible aunts ''ever'']]. Canonized as of Chapter 83.*** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5965920/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies_Demonic_Cannon_Girl_Nana Demonic Cannon Girl Nana]]'' details the attempts of the Ree to make a MagicalGirl show. Given that Nana (and her BFG, [[Franchise/MassEffect Cain]]) are the main characters of the show, it resembles ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' rather more than it does ''Anime/SailorMoon''.[[note]]Demonic Cannon Girl is one of Nanoha's {{Fan Nickname}}s[[/note]]** shanejayell: ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5874788/1/Nobody_Dies_Mari_and_the_REE Mari and the Ree]]'', depicting Mari's interactions with the Ree in MAGI-00 (potential {{yuri}}).** @/UltraSonic007: A [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5872261/1/Nobody_Dies_The_Omake_Files Metal Gear Solid crossover]] in which Ocelot is ultimately responsible for Kei's "abduction". This one is slightly crossing over with ''The Kei Files''; as one reader put it to Gregg, "[the] fanfics of your fanfic are ''crossbreeding''."*** Although the main story is explicitly non-canon, nonetheless various bits from this have been made canon; some of the personality quirks of the Ree (Hatchi and Siyon in particular) and, most recently, that Gendo beat [[StreetFighter M. Bison]] in a bar brawl.** fikjus: A boot camp scenario featuring DrillSergeantNasty [[http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5350 Maritan]].** Jomasten: A Christmas story, where the Ree meet Santa Claus (a Nephilim) and [[TheGrinch Grinshel]] (the Cherubim who hates Christmas).** Orichalcon: ''Angels, Airwaves, and Insanity'', a story about Kihl's bastard son in command of an Archive.** [[Tropers/ShadicTheHedgehog Machina Ex Deus]]:*** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5881238/1/The_Wrong_Direction The Wrong Direction]]'', where [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]] briefly winds up in ND!''Evangelion'' instead of Canon!''Evangelion''. He meets Rei. The world shudders.*** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6149314/1/Nobody_Dies_Dreams_of_the_Dying Dreams of the Dying]]'', which is quite terrifying. [[spoiler:Gregg has hinted that at least one part will be reflected in canon.]]** Tropers/LavanyaSix:*** So far, [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=4726312&postcount=4663 only one part]], but it involves Kozo Fuyutsuki living out ''Film/DieHard'' on his vacation in Vegas. Chapter 61 of ND appears to have made this canon.*** [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5012112&postcount=19016 Nobody Dies:]] [[GenderFlipped It's A Distaff World!]]** @/K9Thefirst1:*** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5960521/1/Nobody_Dies_Everybody_Dies Everybody Dies]]'', an endgame scenario where Kei launches her plan to destroy NERV. And whereas ''The Kei Files'' show her [[MagnificentBastard magnificence]] and chess prowess, this story shows her viciousness as well. [[spoiler:She killed the Ree in the first chapter!!!]] And she's only getting ''started!!'' [[spoiler:Turns out to be [[AllJustADream a simulation]] to perfect said scenario, and she's [[VillainousBSOD conflicted]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards over]] [[LoneDalek the results]].]] [[spoiler:The scenario's existence]] has been canonized as of Chapter 68.*** And now, [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=4976436&postcount=17799 we catch a glimpse]] into a typical dream [[WesternAnimation/WhatsOperaDoc of Tabris']].** [[@/LordArkea AmIADream]]: ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6061370/1/Nobody_Dies_The_Story_of_NERV_Alaska The Story of NERV-Alaska]]''. This story covers the events occurring at the NERV branch in Alaska, focusing on Evangelion Unit-04, R&D Heavy Weapons Director Dr. Mondschein, his son, and his son's girlfriend [[spoiler:Evangelion Unit-14]]. [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction Seriously]]. According to [[WordOfGod Gregg]], the entire story is canon.** Gregg has also created his own side story, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5957086/1/ Rei Ayanami Does the Multiverse]]''. First stop? Series/BabylonFive. Also, at some point Rei will meet up with [[spoiler:[[GreenLantern the Sinestro Corps]] and will kill a [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek]]]]. Not to mention bringing [[spoiler:[[Franchise/MassEffect ''Tali'']]]] to the main verse.*** Here is a [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5138710&postcount=2165 list of stories that have been canonized]], and where in the Main Story they would best be read. WordOfGod is that, because of ''The Kei Files'', Kei will be much more prominent in the end of ''Nobody Dies'' than was originally planned.** Thrythlind has created [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6906181/1/Crossover_Omake_Theater Crossover Omake Theater]], which features key members of the cast of his fanfic ''FanFic/DivineBlood'' showing up in Tokyo-3. Hopefully this one is not canon - if it is, then sooner or later the Ree will attempt to implement the notion of parthenogenesis introduced to them by their new friend Lusca.* {{Expy}}: The Angels get progressively more [[Franchise/MassEffect Geth-ish and Reaper-y]] as time goes along, especially Zeruel.* EyepatchOfPower: Of all people, the American President: ''Stephen Colbert''. Yes, [[Creator/StephenColbert that one]].* EyeScream: [[RuleOfFunny Used comedically]] on Tabris. He lost his "ocular virginity" to Rei; considering Rei's [[CrazyAwesome status]], and [[{{Jerkass}} Tabris']], it wasn't that difficult to do. Rei was ''very'' happy to realize he could regenerate!** When Grunt of ''Franchise/MassEffect'' goes through the same (since he can ''also regenerate''), Misato snarks "He got the Nagisa Special." Tali wisely doesn't want to know what that means.** Used for horror during [[spoiler:Iruel's VR nightmare for Asuka, where Kyoko cuts up Asuka to give her power and responsibilities to Uri, who she says deserves it better]]. She starts with the eyes.* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: Or rather, Angel Wing Wong: Aoba just can't catch a break, even in something as innocuous as a PSA about Israfelim population control.* FacePalm: As in Gregg's other fics, this tends to get done a lot.** Gregg has done this at least once on the forum in response to the massive tangents and journeys so far from the topic that they require a Hyperspace-enabled starship to make.* FateWorseThanDeath:** Rather than simply killing Hoshi, the scumbag mentioned under the DateRapeAverted trope, Gendo decides to make an example of him...by handing him off to Rei (who, needless to say, is not at all amused at Hoshi's intentions towards her best friend).** There's also [[spoiler:what happens to Iruel: it's locked into a virtual [[PrisonRape "Prison Shower"]] scenario with the Ree]]. Later [[spoiler:the piece of it that was hiding in the Reego's AI network was apparently handed off to Arael by Tabris for this treatment]].* FixFic* FlatWhat:** Shinji pulls two of these, one with Rei and one with Uri.** Later on, lots of people get into the act when the secrets start spilling left and right.* {{Foreshadowing}}:** This comment in Chapter 14:--->'''Ritsuko:''' I think if [Shinji] ever does get angry, [[BewareTheNiceOnes that's the point we run for the hills.]]** Chapter 62 contains some ominous hints that [[spoiler:Yui may still be planning to initiate some form of Instrumentality.]]* ForGreatJustice: ...and blackmail.* ForWantOfANail: In this universe, Yui got drunk a few weeks before the Contact Experiment with EVA-01 and spilled the details of her and Kihl's plan to Gendo, who sowed the seeds of doubt in her that kept her from going through with it. With her still alive to come up with a ''different'' plan that didn't involve traumatizing her family, events proceed very differently.* FourLinesAllWaiting: A growing concern as the fic has progressed, what with the rapid growth in LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.

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* GenerationXerox: After the reveal of [[spoiler:Asuka's scars]], Kyoko drunkenly comments to her ex-husband that she (Kyoko) has turned out [[spoiler:just like her mother]], which is added to by how Pieter mentions that Shinji and Asuka remind him of a younger him and Kyoko. This also shows up in how Kei and Kaworu's [[MindGameShip not]]-[[FoeYay relationship]] is like Yui and Gendo's.* GiantEnemyCrab: This fic's version of Shamshel.* GoshDarnItToHeck: JA-tan uses this at one point.* GratuitousFrench: Zyuu uses this heavily, to the point where it may be helpful to read the fic with Google Translator open in another tab.* GratuitousNinja: As of Chapter [[spoiler:60. Played for laughs.]]* GroinAttack:** Rei and Go-Kun alpha-strike a [[spoiler:T-RIDEN-T]], [[ShareTheMalePain to the discomfort of many]].** Rei and Zyuu tame a Shamshelim like a wild horse, which includes gelding.* GunsAreWorthless: Averted by some heavy weapons, but largely played straight for conventional weapons such as EVA rifles or Unit 05 and Jet Alone Prime's weapon batteries, which are usually about as effective as FiveRoundsRapid.* HeroicBSOD:** [[spoiler:Rei and the Evas]] get hit with this through [[spoiler:ADAM's]] presence.** [[spoiler:Shinji]] has one when [[spoiler:he gets introduced to "Dollie" the hard way]].** [[spoiler:Ichi]] has her own when [[spoiler:she's forced into Berserker mode against Raziel]].** There's also the interview on Larry King Live, in the wake of Larry King's retirement in 2010.* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Deliberately invoked by Kei just before she smothers Kihl, just so his death hurts as much as possible.]]* HornyDevil: Lilith and the Ree. Especially since [[spoiler:the mere proximity of Lilith causes everyone to go into heat.]]* HornyScientist: It seems to be a stipulation for being a higher-up in NERV...which makes sense, considering [[HornyDevil who's]] in the basement.* HostileTerraforming: [[spoiler: Ichi is acidentally doing this in chapter 109]].* HotSkittyOnWailordAction: [[spoiler:Rei and Go-Kun in Rei's Iruel-induced VR sim.]] And to top it off, [[spoiler:their "kids" have escaped to the real world...and adopted Aoba...and spent time depopulating Australia and fighting a Grigori...and are now running around in NERV proper]].* HyperspaceArsenal: The Evas have access to the Dirac Armory built into them for this purpose.* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:Mondschein]] in chapter 75.* ImagineSpot: Kei contemplates on Rei's comments of how they complement each other. What she sees them becoming down the line [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce disturbs her]].* ImmortalImmaturity: Played with. Even though Sandalphon is only about 16 years old, he IS the Angel of Tears (complete with CreepyMonotone and VoiceOfTheLegion). And he fist-bumps with a human. Also, Iruel's reaction upon seeing [[MindScrew Rei's personal hallucination involving Unit 05]]: "What. The. F___." Hell, '''[[GenkiGirl Rei]] herself'''.* IncrediblyLamePun: Chapter 41: "Human Canon Ball"* InterspeciesRomance: A relationship of sorts between [[spoiler:Rei and Unit 05]] was hinted at and [[{{Fanon}} speculated about]] for a long time, but was {{Jossed}} in ch. 56.* IronicEcho: ** "Delete. ''Bitch''."** "[Y]ou have failed. We will find another way. And I [...] am now assuming control."* FromBadToWorse: [[spoiler:ADAM's still alive. He's ''pissed'' at these upstart Lilim. ''He managed to spawn new Angels before the pilots turned him into SealedEvilInACan''.]] [[spoiler:He fought [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]] in the FanFic/AeonNatumEngel verse.]]* IWantGrandkids:** [[WordOfGod According to Gregg]], this is Lilith's thought process: Babies. Babies. Babies babies babies babies ''babiesbabiesbabiesbabies. '''BABIES!!''' ''** Kyoko invokes this trope by name on the way to Vegas.

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* JerkAss:** Uri starts as one of these, but softens up over time, especially when [[spoiler:he realizes how messed up Asuka is]].** Kyoko damn near all the time, although after her HeelRealization she tones it down.** Shiro Tokita, even more so than in canon.** Chapter 53: Claire Makinami, full goddamned stop. [[spoiler:Telling your daughter, ''to her face,'' that she's a monster automatically qualifies you.]]*** Not so, as she apparently thinks that Mari is dead and that Ramiel is inhabiting her corpse. [[SarcasmMode Thank you, Lorenz Kihl.]]* JigsawPuzzlePlot: Due to the revelation that [[UnreliableExpositor Yui lies extremely easily]], almost all the plot revelations have been thrown into question. It remains to be seen just what is fact and what is fiction in this story, not to mention how it all fits together into the ultimate and final plot.* KarmaHoudini: Although a lot of BlueAndOrangeMorality has to be considered, Rei is closely one of this in some parts, having her way with [[ReallyGetsAround anyone just because she can]] and not being called for it.* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:Ree!Shinji's method of CLEANING.]]* LargeHam: [[Creator/BrianBlessed Lilith]], according to Gregg.* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: When Gendo discusses rescuing the characters sent to another dimension by Leliel, Kyoko is differentiated from the others in the list.* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: [[FrenchMaid Zyuu's]] use of heavily broken French makes it seem like Gregg just took English sentences/phrases and ran them through Google Translate. Chapter 96 [[HandWave reveals]] that this is because Zyuu ''[[ViolationOfCommonSense memorized the exact code to Google Translate rather than just learning French normally]]''.* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Gendo's reaction to Rei blackmailing her principal.* LipstickLesbian: Maya, and possibly [[spoiler:Ritsuko]].* LittleMissBadass: All eight of the Ree. See also CuteBruiser.* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Yeah, there's a lot of players in this madcap game.* LoveConfession: In chapter 21 Shinji tells he could have died in the Sea of Dirac but her voice brought him back. He heard her telling: "But I think I might be falling in love with you". She smiles and cries as he tells he is falling in love with her, too.* LoveInterest: Shinji and Asuka are each other's.

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* MamaBear: Several.** Yui, as already mentioned. You do ''not'' mess with any of her kids (even those she didn't bear) without dire consequences.** It takes all three BridgeBunnies to keep Misato from pummeling Kyoko when Asuka's problems first become known to NERV's command staff [[spoiler:and that was way before she found out about "Dollie"]].** Rei also gets her own moments of this when she's being protective of Asuka.** After Kyoko reconciles with Asuka, she shows traits of this.* ManipulativeBastard:** Gendo, of course, but also Yui. Yes, ''married'' {{Manipulative Bastard}}s. We're all screwed.*** Gendo is, of course. Frequently. Yui considers [[spoiler:Gendo's manipulation of the entire NERV command staff]] foreplay.*** In Chapter 78, Gendo [[LampshadeHanging mentions]] that Ikaris seem to be universally aroused by mind games and manipulations. [[spoiler:Annette's parents]] apparently met while playing chess in a park which quickly turned into sex on the chess table.** Rei and Kensuke have plenty of these moments, usually involving blackmail, explosives, or both.** ...and then there's [[spoiler:Kei, the Rei clone formerly held prisoner by SEELE]]; see ExpandedUniverse above.* MechaShow: The fic features even more cool kind of mechas and sci-fi devices than the original show.* MerchandiseDriven: In-universe example, as NERV owns full property rights to anything Eva-related and produces merch to help fund it in fighting the Angels. This is also so NERV can have a public face, using Yui and later [[LampshadeHanging Rei as its mascot]], headed by [[CovertPervert Maya]] to provide everything from action figures and plushie Angels to miniature...[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything entry plugs]].** And now there appear to be plans to create an anime based on NERV, with Rei as the star...* MindRape: Unit-01 going berserk for the first time has this effect on both the pilot ''and'' the Eva's AI.* MindScrew: Chapter 66, full stop. The border between the real world and the dream world is blurred to the point that a first-time reader would be massively befuddled.** Chapter 102. Just Chapter 102. 'Nuff said.* MythologyGag:** Shinji meets Rei while she's not wearing anything.*** Except this time, [[NakedFirstImpression neither is he]]. [[HilarityEnsues Awkwardness ensues]], ''especially'' [[NotWhatItLooksLike when Yui steps in]].** Remember the toothpick scene? [[{{Fanservice}} Well Asuka just met Pen-Pen...]]** "Musn't run away. Musn't run away. Musn't run away" [[spoiler:(Uttered by Rei when facing ADAM.)]]** Mana's [[spoiler:[[LotusEaterMachine Iruel-hijacked VR sim]] has turned her life into a Dating Sim.]]** Mana wonders why Rei's [[spoiler:virtual, MP Eva-killing version of her self is giant...and naked.]]** After [[spoiler:the brawl]], Shinji is left alone, sitting on [[GainaxEnding a metal folding chair]].*** He also rides the train loop and listens to his S-DAT player to run away [[spoiler:from his MemeticBadass status]].** [[spoiler:Iruel tries to strangle Asuka]].** [[spoiler:After accidentally taking a wrong turn in the Dirac Sea,]] Shinji is drawn in [[GainaxEnding in sketched pencil]] and [[MindScrew random markers]]. Most of the odd events in that chapter are references to ''Anime/PetitEva''.** Shinji berserking against Raziel and uttering the line: [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion "Give. Them. Back."]]** NERV's merchandising department recalled a chibified avatar body based on Kaworu. It came with a small cat doll, but that proved to be a choking hazard.[[note]]This is a gag based on the manga version of Kaworu [[spoiler:who breaks a starving kitten's neck as an act of "mercy"]].[[/note]]*** Later, Annette brings up that Kaworu used to have a cat as a kid. [[NoodleIncident But we don't talk about that.]]* NeverTrustATitle: Somebody dies. Worse yet, somebody ''sympathetic'' dies. Even ''worse'', somebody sympathetic dies ''[[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath horribly]]''. [[spoiler:She's eventually resurrected.]] Later on, [[spoiler:Kei beats down a group of kidnappers disguised as Section 2 agents who were trying to abduct Shinji, and kills one of them with his own gun.]]** And eventually [[spoiler:Kei kills Kihl immediately after giving him a HopeSpot, and Fuyutsuki kills Spencer.]]* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Administered by [[spoiler:Raziel]] to Units 01 and 02. [[OhCrap In their fully-upgraded forms, no less]].* NonSequiturThud: Done by, of all things, Ramiel, after Rei ''punches out a fourth of its soul''. The "thud" comes a tad later, by way of [[spoiler:positron rifle]].* NoodleIncident:** We haven't learned exactly what the Ree did to Kensuke...except that he's taken on more than a few of Rei's characteristics, it was ''amazing'', and it somehow involved a turnip...which leads Hikari to ask, "How would it fit?"*** This is a reference to one of the author's earlier fics.** The defeat of the Third Angel somehow helped Rei get Hikari and Touji together.** Kaworu's first encounter with Rei resulted in the ''loss of ocular virginity.'' The Author will not say what happened, what she used, or what exactly was done, except that in the Omake, Zeruel found it ''kinky.''*** Whatever it is, Gendo finds it absolutely disgusting and disturbing.*** We DO know it involved a corkscrew...** Rei somehow demolished a car with a squeaky hammer in her childhood.** Whatever Rei does to [[spoiler:Kyoko]] in Chapter 37.--->'''Gendo''': If Rei used cabbage, she's definitely upset.* NotSoHarmlessVillain: The [[OmnicidalManiac Cherubim]] haven't been much of a threat -- they're basically Angels, but not as smart, and generally without as much in the way of truly dangerous abilities other than 'make really big target of yourself'. [[spoiler:[[HeroKiller Raziel]] changed all that.]]* NumericalThemeNaming: For the Evangelions, who are each named according to their designation numbers in their country of origin (or, more accurately, whatever country they were in when someone decided they needed names). Thus, the Japanese-dubbed Ichi and Go, and the German Zwei.* OCStandIn: None of the original heads of Project E -- Yui, Kyoko, and Naoko -- had much if anything in the way of characterization in canon. The author fleshes them out considerably and makes them absolutely integral to the story, even if the last is a (mostly) PosthumousCharacter.* OddFriendship: Pieter and Junior. Trust us, you'll know why their friendship is so odd once you get to that part of the story.* OhCrap:** Ramiel, just before Rei [[MegatonPunch Falcon Punches]] its Core.** The only sane response from anyone hearing the dreaded "Heee~ey" is to nod, smile, and ''get the hell away from Rei''...if they can.** Chapter 13: Gendo and Yui's reaction when they realize that they forgot to tell Rei that Kyoko was not responsible for Asuka's scars.** [[spoiler:[[http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/zz314/JudasGoat_Baali/Iruel.jpg Iruel's still alive.]]]]** The team is hopping dimensions. [[spoiler:They just entered the ''Fanfic/AeonNatumEngel'' universe.]]** Ch. 52 [[spoiler:[[Franchise/MassEffect Garrus and Mordin]]]] just knocked out Asuka ''in front of Unit 02''--->[[spoiler:'''Garrus''']]: "It's a sedative! It won't hurt her, and we just need to-\\'''Zwei''': '''MASTER!'''\\[[spoiler:'''Garrus''']]: "Oh crap! [[spoiler:Mordin]]?"\\[[spoiler:'''Mordin''']]: "This reminds me of a line from a famous Earth movie done by a comedy troupe from the British Isles"\\[[spoiler:'''Garrus''']]: "Which is?"\\[[spoiler:'''Mordin''']]: [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail "RUN AWAY!"]]** The beginning of ch. 53...it's a bit too long to post, but here's the key parts:---> Or, realistically, it could have been all of those combined that has reduced Dr. Ikari to communicating through hand gestures and a sketchbook.\\But that is simple semantics. As it is, Gendo Ikari has realized he is a dead man.** [[spoiler:Chapter 64: Shinji just [[RedEyesTakeWarning went berserker]].]]---> [[spoiler: '''''Give. Them. Back.''''']]** [[spoiler:Zeruel has descended. This will ''not'' bode well for everyone else.]]*** [[spoiler:His opening act? Reducing Mt. Everest to rubble.]]*** [[spoiler:And even before then, and before single-handedly destroying a trio of Cherubim, the sequence in Chapter 66 showed him effortlessly annihilating all who resisted him, obliterating the Geofront, and killing everyone Shinji knows before confronting him and doing the same. Thankfully, it was AllJustADream, but this only serves to highlight how unstoppable he is, and will become.]]** Chapter 71. [[spoiler:Shinji is [[LoveIsInTheAir projecting an anti-AT field.]]]] Not quite as bad, since HilarityEnsues.** Ch. 75. In short: [[spoiler:Rei's opened the Room of Gauf, and she and Asuka have been Tanged. '''It is time.''']]** [[spoiler: After speaking with Lilly about her purpose, one of the Seraphs gave a report to deliver a [[RuleOfThree Red Moon]] to Earth in T Minus 20 years. Seeing as the White Moon Spawned ADAM and the Angels, the Black Moon spawned Lilith and Terran life and the conflict between the two led to massive extinction level events, this bodes a serious problem.....[[SequelHook later]]....[[AllJustADream and if it wasn't a dream]] ]]** Ch. 102. [[spoiler:Kei finds out [[BackFromTheDead Lorenz Kihl]] is still alive.]]* {{Omake}}: Gloriously, gloriously hilarious extras are added to the forum thread. An excellent highlight, from the author himself ('''WARNING! SPOILERS!''') is the [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=4555987&postcount=753 Angels in a Chatroom]] post.** Now with an [[AudioAdaptation Audio]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyMHvROGf08 Adaptation.]]*** [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=4893979&postcount=13925 "God, that was awesome."]]** The other forumers at Space Battles are getting into the act too; see ExpandedUniverse above.* OmnicidalManiac:** [[spoiler:ADAM]] [[color:white:when he returns]]** The Cherubim, a new type of Angel whose whole purpose in existence is to be omnicidal maniacs.** [[spoiler:Iruel]] indulges in this to round out his Complete Monster-ness.* OnlySixFaces: Referenced [[LampshadeHanging by name]] in Chapter 49.* OnTheNext:** Chapter 38 is the [[WordOfGod end of the second season]]. kreuzritter, a collaborator with the author, [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=4748719&postcount=5813 gave one of these]] on the forum thread. To summarize his "spoilers", [[spoiler:Misato slaps "Ikari", someone who can swear in German is disgusted that they kissed someone else, Uri's being shot at, Kaworu's on a date, Keel Lorenz of SEELE meets someone important, the Pilots go to America, Tokyo-3 is bombarded, Ichi attacks Go-Kun, Unit-03 is finally activated, Kaworu gets ANGRY, someone may be going insane, and Gendo questions who is the greater monster. Also, [[OhCrap Zeruel will come]]. Also, more fanservice.]] Of course, one or more of these might be [[BlatantLies misleading]].** One was also done for [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5135527&postcount=1997 what we can expect from Season Four]], [[WordOfGod straight from the author himself]]. To summarize, [[spoiler: Junior explains there is something ''greater'' than what they are fighting. Snippets include a supercarrier launching with a six-eyed Evangelion on its deck, the Seventh Child being found, Unit-04a flying along with the Harpies, Shinji confronting the Beast, and Unit-07. The snippet ends with Pieter asking Junior if he knows what exactly they're facing, and Uri and Zwei, in Australia, speaking with a pillar of light that addresses him as '''''Brother.''''']] Of course, one or more of these might be [[BlatantLies misleading]].* OralFixation: Katsuhito Ikari loves his lollipops.* OutOfCharacterAlert: A rather depressing one; Asuka is tipped off that something weird is happening at NERV when her mother acts like a decent human being towards her.

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* ParentalAbandonment: Shinji still gets this treatment in the backstory, [[spoiler:for reasons arguably darker than canon,]] though he's far more well-adjusted because he actually knows and understands the reasons behind it. As such, he gets along well with Yui, and while his relationship with Gendo is a lot less antagonistic, Gendo's antics frequently irritate and exasperate him. Asuka, on the other hand, may have been better off as she was in canon.** Or not. In chapter 40, [[spoiler:Kyoko yells at canon!Unit-02 (which contains the soul of her counterpart) for making canon!Asuka a "bitter, empty shell".]]* ParentalIncest: The Reego are, in a sense, created by it. Rei created Go-Kun in that his mind came from her (she effectively is his parent) and the Reego were spawned by the crossing of their minds.* ParentalSubstitute: Yui and Gendo sent Shinji away because several eldritch abominations on the basement wanted to eat him (don't ask). When they summoned him back, Misato became his guardian. She also became Asuka's caretaker when the Sohryu family arrived on Tokyo-3. After considering she had ruined her daughter's life utterly Kyoko thought it would be for the best if Misato adopted Asuka, but Misato talked her out of it.* PatchworkFic: This fanfic takes elements from the various Evangelion adaptations and spin-offs...when it doesn't [[spoiler:CrossOver directly]]. For example, Mari is a CompositeCharacter of her ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' self and [[spoiler:Asuka's unnamed half-sister from the manga]].* PlayingSick: Double subversion. Maya and Ritsuko call in sick for three days in ch. 20. Kyoko snorts in disbelief. Later you find out that Maya has been actually [[AnnoyingPatient waiting hand and foot on Ritsuko]] while both are sick with a nasty cold, but then Maya finally snaps from irritation and [[ButLiquorIsQuicker spikes Ritsuko's tea with whiskey]] [[SlippingAMickey and Spanish fly]].* PrecisionFStrike:** Played with; see TWordEuphemism below.** Played horribly straight with Kyoko's HeelRealization about how truly messed up [[spoiler: Asuka is.]]* {{Precursors}}: [[spoiler:They apparently have noticed events on Earth and will arrive in 3 weeks to [[ApocalypseHow sort it out.]] ]]* PrettyLittleHeadshots: [[spoiler:With a Chain Axe, against the first Cherubim in Chapter 29.]]* PrisonRape:** This is part of Rei's blackmail of Kensuke early on.** It's also what eventually happens to [[spoiler:Iruel]].* RandomEventsPlot: Increasingly apparent as the story progresses.* {{Reconstruction}}: From the general tone of the series down to the upgraded weapons and newfound "[[SuperRobot Superness]]" of the Evas, this series is a very deliberate attempt to merge ''Evangelion'' with the classic Super Robot formula. We've even gotten a RocketPunch, a [[Anime/GaoGaiGar giant golden progressive hammer]], and a '''''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann GIGA! DRILL! BU-REEEEAAKAAAAAA!]]'''''* RelationshipUpgrade: In chapter 21 when Shinji is about to [[spoiler:fading in the Sea of Dirac]] he hears Asuka saying she is falling in love with him. Hearing her voice helps him to find his way back, and later he confesses he is falling for her, too. They become a couple since that moment.* ReferenceOverdosed: Not quite as much as ''FanFic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40K'', perhaps, but it's close.* RetGone: [[spoiler: MOST of Season Four.]]* TheReveal: The [[{{Canon}} "Great Asuka Langely Sohryu"]] fragment of Asuka's personality is [[spoiler:Lilith]].* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Though the quality control is pretty good by fanfic standards, it does suffer from this at times, constant to/too confusion and the occasional misused homonym being the most prolific mistakes.* RuleOfFunny: The Petit Eva universe (aka Destination: Earth [ERROR]) runs off of this, [[spoiler:which lets Shinji beat ADAM into submission with his own hands.]]* RunningGag:** The Dinosaur Tank is this in ch.73.** '''''Babies'''''.

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* ScheduleSlip: After ch. 110, the fic is in a months-long hiatus as Gregg first got distracted by ''Mass Effect 3'', then apparently getting caught up in planning out and writing the next section of the fic. He has repeatedly said that it is '''not''' dead, though.** Gregg has recently[[note]]September 2012, seven months after chapter 110 was posted[[/note]] said he now knows how he wants to proceed, but it will apparently tie into the Rebuild!ND plot and we will have to wait for that one to get caught up first before many new chapters get posted.** This has been put on hold due to excessive spamming in the beta thread.* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Uri doesn't see much point in owning clothes other than his school uniform and military uniform; one or the other is appropriate for most occasions.* SealedEvilInACan:** [[spoiler:ADAM isn't dead. Hurt, perhaps, and very, very badly, but not dead. And oh, how the cast will wish he was.]]** [[spoiler:Iruel, who's been floating around in the MAGI practically since they were created.]]* {{Shipping}}:** In universe, the Ree are trying to hook up Ritsuko and Maya, with the typical level of Terrifying!Rei subtlety. Rei herself is trying to do the same with [[spoiler:Go-kun and Jet Alone]]. And as of Chapter 62, Rei has recruited [[spoiler:Hikari and SEELE 06 (aka "her grandfather")]] to assist in a plan to hook up [[spoiler:Kaworu and Kei]].* ShipSinking: Chapter 56 has sunk [[spoiler:the [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction Rei/Go-kun]] ship]], to some people's chagrin.* ShoutOut: Not exactly a paucity of [[ShoutOut/NobodyDies these]].* ShutUpHannibal: Gendo has a one to one with [[spoiler:Canon!Yui (ie: Canon Unit 01)]] and dismantles her argument bit by bit before telling her that he will not only save everyone but, if he can help it, make sure [[spoiler:Canon!Shinji doesn't return with her to their world]].* SoProudOfYou:** [[spoiler:Kyoko says this to canon!Asuka without realizing that ND!Asuka is in earshot. Subverted when we see things from Kyoko's perspective, where she reveals that A) she said it because what ''else'' do you say to someone who devoted their life to making their dead mama proud, and B) ''she has a massive breakdown at Unit 02, cursing out her AU self'' and sobbing that, even in another universe, she's "still a shitty mother"]].** Yui does the same with [[spoiler:Kei, trying not to make the same mistakes as Kyoko did.]]* SpiderTank: The Reego ([[spoiler:Rei and Go-Kun's "kids" from the VR sim]]) have upgraded themselves into rather scary versions of this.* {{Squee}}: Rei is prone to these. Maya's let out a few, too.* TheStinger: Gregg loves ending chapters with these. A good example is the end of season 1. [[spoiler:After Shinji seals ADAM in the Dirac Sea, Kaworu approaches Zeruel and proposes that, in the wake of their "Father's" defeat, the remaining Angels should band together and work as one rather than continue to compete for the chance to achieve [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Complementation]]. Zeruel agrees.]]* StuffBlowingUp: This introduces Rei to religion after watching Shinji kill Gaghiel.--> '''Rei:''' [[ComicBook/{{Nextwave}} Oh my God! They explode! My life has new meaning!]]\\'''Gendo:''' We need to switch that girl to decaf.* StupidSexyFlanders: Ritsuko has one of these moments after seeing Maya in a faux-plugsuit made of spandex.* SubliminalSeduction: This paragraph from [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/96/NGE_Nobody_Dies Chapter 96]]-->In the Overmind, the Angeli'''C''' groupmind, th'''E''' mass that is the Quee'''N''' of the Camiel Swarm awakens. Openings i'''T'''s mass of eyes, the grot'''E'''sque insect '''R'''ises, flapping '''C'''ellulose wings as it roars. Shinji t'''A'''kes the '''N'''atural respo'''N'''se - he runs, grabbing Zyuu's wrist and taking '''O'''ff in a sprin'''T''' towards somew'''H'''ere. Given, he's currently inside an'''O'''ther p'''L'''ane of existence. Exactly where he can hea'''D''' to, he's not entirely sure.-->The emboldened letters read [[spoiler:CENTER CANNOT HOLD]] the actual meaning of this message is anybody's guess.-->Two paragraphs from the same chapter also give the following messages [[spoiler:IT IS COMING and ACTIVATE]] these could be foreshadowing of chapter 100* SummonBiggerFish: [[spoiler:How does Rei get ADAM off her case? She tricks him into waking up and pissing off Cthulhu.]]* SuperRobot: The Evas are a lot more super than they were in canon thanks to Yui inventing new ways to use the tech available to NERV, like using a portable Dirac Sea as storage for a HyperspaceArsenal.* TakeThat: The "Convention Time" chapter is one long series of attacks against the parts of EVA fandom Gregg has issues with, including [[MisaimedFandom obsessive Rei fans]], [[EverybodyHasLotsOfSex oversexed]] and disturbing FanFiction , and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Shinji/Rei shippers]].* TechnoBabble: In Chapter 44 [[spoiler:ANE!Gendo & Fuyutsuki]] discuss how to explain [[spoiler:ND!Rei]]:--> "If we use the word 'arcano' enough, it may give her a pass with them."* TheirFirstTime: Shinji and Asuka are in love, but due to several complications (Shinij's concern over Asuka's fragile mental and emotional state, lingering doubts on Asuka's part as to Shinji's deeper feelings toward her, etc.) have been avoiding taking that step. It takes an encounter with [[LivingAphrodisiac Lilith]] to get them to do it. While Yui is furious with Shinji (since they're still 16, and despite the rather logical and mature attitude they took toward it), the rest of NERV is quietly celebrating the RelationshipUpgrade.* TemptingFate: The NERV team views the ([[IncrediblyLamePun Ree-written)]] season finale for the in-universe Evangelion show, which happens to be an exact duplicate of [[GainaxEnding the canon!Evangelion series finale]]. Everyone is understandably confused about what they've seen, and hope the TheMovie won't be as confusing. It should be fine, really, as long as the Ree don't switch out the director's medication...* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Each Angel has been destroyed in a successively over the top fashion.** Sachiel was destroyed via the Berserker Unit 01.** Shamshel by a rocket to the face and a progressive knife to the Core.** Gaghiel by the [[WaveMotionGun Triple Heavy Maser]] and Magoroku. [[spoiler: At least, until it returns in Chapter 85.]]** Ramiel by an Orbital Drop by [[spoiler:Jet Alone Prime]], Rei, and the Positron Cannon. [[spoiler:And when he later proved to be NotQuiteDead, Uri caved his head in with a baseball bat.]]** Sahaquiel by [[spoiler:Jet Alone Prime]] hitting it in the core with a [[spoiler:15,000 ton Hammer]].** [[spoiler:ADAM]] is defeated through a [[spoiler:S2 warhead]] opening up a portal to the Dirac Sea to trap [[spoiler:Him]] and finished off when [[spoiler:Unit-01]] hits full power.*** [[spoiler:ADAM's come back, and caused Rei and Go-kun to reach 400% synchronization. They knocked him out of Leliel and into ''End of Evangelion'' (where Go-Rei throws in a pair of {{Shout Out}}s). Go-Rei then uses the Eiffel Tower on him before blowing off their arm using a Big Bang Attack on ADAM. No word yet as to what this means to ADAM, although Rei isn't too happy with the side effects when she reconstitutes.]]** Matariel is killed by the [[spoiler:Lance of Longinius]] when it is delivered by [[spoiler: Kaworu in the Mark-06.]]** Sandalphon attacks NERV by mind controlling the population of Tokyo-3 and opening the way to Terminal Dogma. In the process, Unit-00 goes berserk and he mind controls [[spoiler:Ichi/Unit-01]] as a bodyguard. Sandalphon is killed by [[spoiler:Asuka]] in Unit-02 after she destroys Unit-00 by taking Jet Alone Prime's severed arm and [[spoiler:activating its main weapon inside Sandalphon's mouth to discharge into his Core.]]** [[spoiler:Shalgiel, the first Cherubim]] is destroyed by Jet Alone Prime destroying its first head, exposing its Core, and Unit-01 blasting the core at point blank range with the Triple Heavy Maser.** Iruel [[spoiler:locks the pilots into a VR simulation, dangles their dreams in front of them and then MindRapes them before MAGI-04/Mari Makinami rescues them.]] It then [[spoiler:engages them in a battle of wills]] which the Evas themselves join in before [[spoiler:being systematically deleted from the MAGI, except for a tiny bit which is dragged off by the ''Ree.'' And before he's defeated, he still dumps the identities of the pilots all over the internet.]]*** ...and in ch. 38, [[spoiler:it breaks out of the MAGI, hacks the Trident robots, tries to kill Asuka, and eventually physically merges with the Cherubim Rampel, only to be launched into the atmosphere by JAP, 99.9% annihilated by Rei and Go-Kun, and finally...eaten by Pen-Pen]].** In Ch. 51, the Ree send[[spoiler:[[Franchise/MassEffect Tali]]]] to take out the remaining Israfel infestation using a [[IronMan War Machine armor]] and the [[spoiler:[[Franchise/MassEffect Cain]]]], and later help her out with the Power of Love... and Napalm.** Over the course of chs. 69 and 70, Zeruel is gradually softened up by a triple team from Zwei, Go-kun, and Mari, and is finally "killed" by [[spoiler:Shinji and Asuka opening the Dirac sea and letting Four-chan blast him with the full brunt of its core detonations...''all'' of them]]. The "killed" is intentional; [[spoiler:a chunk of his core survives, but is now in Kaworu's possession]].** By WordOfGod, if the escalation continues, Tabris will be destroyed by having the Sun dropped on him. Given the levels of CrazyAwesome established so far, this doesn't seem that far-fetched.* ThinkOfTheChildren: Ch. 58. "Ahem. You can't kill people. This is a children's game!"* ThunderingHerd: Chapter 50. A brief description will not do it justice.* TimeForPlanB: RunningGag for Rei.-->"I love Plan B!" Rei screams, "It's always so much better than Plan A!"::Misato has her own thoughts on the matter:-->"I love those Plan B's," Misato says, "It's the sort of plans I see through my eyelids."* TookALevelInBadass:** ''Inverted'' by Shinji. He's more badass than in canon, but compared to [[FanFic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40K certain other]] [[FanFic/ThousandShinji versions of]] [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Shinji Ikari]], [=NobodyDies!=]Shinji is rather quiet and understated. This version of Shinji hasn't so much [[TookALevelInBadass Taken A Level In Badass]] as he has Lost A Level in Suck by virtue of not having his canon counterpart's laundry list of psychological issues. Where other fanfics show off what happens when you make Shinji into a HotBlooded CrazyAwesome {{Chessmaster}} or a VillainProtagonist ManipulativeBastard EldritchAbomination, ''FanFic/NobodyDies'' shows what happens when you make Shinji into a perfectly normal, well-adjusted teenager, and the result is just as awesome in its own way as its more famous predecessors.** As of Chapter 25, [[spoiler:as a poster on the Space Battles discussion thread says, Asuka didn't just take a level, she ''fucking powerleveled''. She first proceeded to pound Unit 00 (possessed by Naoko Akagi) literally to a pulp, then did the same to Sandalphon. Even ''Rei'' was slightly taken aback by the sheer ferocity of Asuka'a assault.]]*** And she does it again in Chapter 70, when [[spoiler:she loads a machine gun and flamethrower into her plug suit, as well as giving it various martial arts muscle memories as we see a couple chapters later.]]** Rei. Does this even need to be explained?** Gendo. There's a reason he's referred to as "Gendo [=McBadass=]" by the forum-goers, one of which was using a sniper rifle on [[spoiler:a T-RIDEN-T mecha that had gone berserk under Iruel's influence]].* TroperCriticalMass: The fact that the author once had a folder devoted to examples from his fics on the BadassBoast page (now moved to the [[Quotes/NobodyDies Quotes]] page), and this page's growing number of sub pages...yeah, we like this fic around here...* TrueCompanions: The pilots, Asuka, Hikari, Touji, and Kensuke are slowly turning into these.* TWordEuphemism: Used to censor the F-bombs, except for a few that are especially potent.* UniquenessDecay: How many more people will gain access to an Evangelion? How many more will gain angelic powers or turn out to have had them all along? The answer to both is "Heck if we know, [[RuleOfCool but it's sure going to be awesome to find out.]]"* TheUnreveal: The real truth of [[spoiler:Naoko Akagi's death]]. [[spoiler:Balthazar!Naoko]] was in the process of explaining things to Shinji when [[spoiler:"she" was "killed" by Iruel]]. Chapter 58 has convoluted this even further. Tied into this is [[spoiler:the origins of Rei and the Ree, and their original purpose]].* UnwantedHarem: Between Shinji and Uriel, there's a mountain of girls(virtual and not) dying to be their girlfriend, especially when Shinji's [[LoveIsInTheAir Whumpa mode]] is active, including two of Rei's sisters [[BrotherSisterIncest towards Shinji]]....[[spoiler: ...[[TheReveal until]] everyone realizes [[AllJustADream it's a dream]] ]]* UnwillingSuspension: [[spoiler:Kyoko]] gets this treatment by Rei.

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[[folder:V-Z]]

* VerbalTic: When Pen-Pen is given the power of speech in Chapter 49, he ends all of his sentences with [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} "d00d".]]* VitriolicBestBuds: The mutual animosity between Kyoko and Yui has begun evolving into this since [[spoiler:Kyoko's effective HeelFaceTurn]].* WaveMotionGun: The Triple Heavy Maser.--> '''Misato:''' (After the first firing of the THM) That was Plan B? I ''like'' Plan B! I could see Plan B through my ''eyelids''!\\'''Yui:''' Welcome to NERV. God's in His heaven because He's scared of our superior firepower.* WeHaveReserves: [[spoiler:The Ree, and all with different names.]]** Somewhat averted with them in this continuity; [[spoiler:while the Ree are the extra bodies that ''were'' Rei's reserves in canon, in this story they each have their own intelligences, with distinct quirks such as being stealthy and utterly silent, speaking in French constantly, or constantly supplying "boom for the Boom God"]].* WhamEpisode:** Chapter 13, where we get the first real signs of how royally screwed up Asuka is.** Chapter 15 follows this up by making progress on various personal conflicts amongst the characters, before [[spoiler:ADAM wakes up]]. Almost every reader had the same two word reaction. "Oh, ''shit''."*** Additionally, Chapter 15 also has Yui revealing to Shinji that [[spoiler:Rei was created by Naoko Akagi to kill him and Yui so Naoko could have Gendo all to herself.]]** Chapter 22. [[spoiler:Shinji is confronted by [[strike:SEELE]] the Committee for Human Instrumentality. Mana is revealed as a "military cyborg". Mari is possessed by Ramiel's ghost, dying when the Angel leaves her body.]]** Chapter 36. [[UnusualEuphemism By Kamina]], Chapter 36. [[spoiler:Shinji comes home to a nice dinner made by Asuka, only she drugged (maybe a little too much) Shinji's portion of the meal. Then she's horrified with herself and begins conversing with Dollie. Shinji sees this. [[FromBadToWorse It goes downhill from there.]]]]** And then there's Ch. 37, where [[spoiler:Tokita shows up and announces that Jet Alone Prime is going to be decommissioned, and possibly Mana also.]] Also, [[spoiler:Iruel has gotten free from his prison, hacked the new NHIS Trident mechs, and Asuka is trapped alone with him.]]** Chapter 39. [[spoiler:Shinji, Rei, Asuka, Yui, and Kyoko enter the canon NGE universe, while the canon Shinji goes to the Nobody Dies verse.]]** Chapter 58. [[spoiler:Unit 00 reveals to Yui that the Ree were created to reverse a contact experiment, not to kill Shinji.]]** Chapter 63. [[spoiler:Bardiel is ''not'' in Unit-03 like in Canon...but Raziel, the Fourth [[OmnicidalManiac Cherubim]], ''is''.]]** Chapter 64. [[spoiler:Kihl Lorenz has finally completely snapped and is now openly trying to kill the heroes. Oh, and Ichi and Zwei get utterly curbstomped by Raziel. Oh, and Jet Alone Prime ''dies''.]]** And in the season finale, Chapter 65, [[spoiler:Zeruel is coming. And Junior says he's coming ''early!'' Not to mention something seems to have happened to Shinji after Unit-01 went Berserker, and we don't know what it is yet.]]*** Chapter 66: [[spoiler:It looks like Shinji's become a Nephilem himself, thanks to the berserker mode.]]** Chapter 67: [[spoiler:Ichi is the result of the Contact Experiment absorbing the four-week old fetus Dr. Ikari was unknowingly pregnant with. She is Shinji's sister by blood and not just by adoption.]]** Chapter 68: In the middle of Zeruel's approach to Tokyo-3, [[WellDoneSonGuy Kei]] has learned about Yui's [[ConsummateLiar nasty little habit]]. [[spoiler:And considering the canonization of ''EverybodyDies''...]]** Chapter 73: You want to know who built the Dinosaur Tank? [[spoiler:Iruel did. ''Because he's still alive.'']]** Chapter 74 has this in a good way and in a not so good way. [[spoiler:The Good: Mana is officially admitted into NERV, and Spencer and Kihl ''finally'' get their comeuppance for their role in Raziel's attack. Oh, and [=KaworuXKei=] becomes official. The Not So Good: Fuyutsuki [[FaceHeelTurn joins SEELE]], and apparently there's a new Cherubim on the way.]]** Chapter 75: [[spoiler:Lilith finally awakens and begins Instrumentality. While Asuka manages to (barely) undo this, several characters are forced to remain inside the collective conscience, either by their own volition or because their physical bodies have been irreversibly destroyed. Oh, and at the end, its implied that the Lilith is ''not'' ND!Lilith, but ''Canon!Lilith''.]]** Chapter 82: [[spoiler:The tension between Shinji and Uri finally erupts into all out violence. This, plus the irresponsibility of the Ree, lead to Tokyo 3 very nearly being destroyed by Bardiel if not for some quick thinking from Asuka. Needless to say, [[WhatTheHellHero no one is happy with either Shinji, Uri or the Ree]].]]** Chapter 84: [[spoiler:Remember that one Angel, Gaghiel, that showed up early in the story and got its ass handed to it? Turns out its still alive, and it chooses to resurface ''exactly'' at the point where the Cherubim Tamiel is already attacking.]]** Chapter 87: [[spoiler:Tamiel merges with the mindless Gaghiel and severely wounds Mari. When Shinji goes to save her and brings her back into Unit 01, the unison of two Angel (well, one Angel and one [[HalfHumanHybrid Nephilim]] causes Unit 01 to unlock its Lilithian powers and nearly destroys the world. While both this and Tamiel are ultimately stopped, Unit 01 is deemed too dangerous to use anymore, which means that it has to be deep freezed. Thankfully, the Ree create an Avatar body for Ichi so she can still communicate with everyone else. Oh, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Tamiel basically destroys Misato's apartment]].]]** Chapter 96: [[spoiler:The [ANCESTOR] has become aware that the White Moon and the Black Moon are malfunctioning, and if they can't be brought into balance, the Red Moon will arrive in 20 years to take control and reset all life in the system.]]** Chapter 100: [[spoiler:Zadkiel a.k.a. Zeruel jr. appears.]]** Chapter 102[[spoiler:/71: Oh Lord, where do we start? Season 4 was AllJustADream invoked by Arael immediately after Zeruel's first attack, and the entire Earth was under stasis for seven weeks. Uri is now a Dominion and a fully awoken Angel. Go-kun's arm from the ANE!verse has corrupted his entire body, and he is now rampaging across the Geofront, with Shinji within a still dormant Ichi about to confront him. There's probably more, but as of right now this is the most apparent.]]* WhamLine:** '''More than there were before.'''[[note]]Please note that that is not bolded for emphasis. That's the way the character who says the line speaks (much like how [[AC:the Death of Literature/{{Discworld}} speaks like this]]).[[/note]]** [[spoiler:Lilith's]] only line in Chapter 60. '''''[[spoiler: "Hello, Asuka. How Long Has It Been?"]]'''''** [[spoiler:Zeruel: I am assuming direct control]]** [[spoiler:Arael: "How did (did [did {did you break free} you find me] you see) know?"]]* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In ''Rei Ayanami Does The Multiverse,'' Rei picks up a [[Series/BabylonFive Shadow]] she names "Mr. Chirples." There has been no news as to his whereabouts since she returned to NERV.* WhatTheHellHero: Several of the fic's characters (mainly Yui and Go-Kun, but also [[spoiler:Asuka]] and [[spoiler:Kyoko!]]) give these out during their time sliding through {{Alternate Universe}}s.* TheWorfEffect: The poor [[OmnicidalManiac Cherubim]] get hit with this ''hard'', mostly serving as platforms upon which the Evangelion pilots (and [[spoiler:Zeruel]]) can exercise their latest [[TookALevelInBadass levels in badass]]. Some of them do manage to inflict some significant damage before they get curbstomped, though - see NotSoHarmlessVillain, above.* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Misato gets to pay ADAM back for killing her father during Second Impact by shooting him in the chest with the Positron Cannon while on foot.]] She even gets to give him a BadassBoast ''to his face''.-->[[spoiler:'''''ADAM:''''' '''I REMEMBER YOU.''']]\\[[spoiler:'''''Misato:''''' Good. Because I sure remember you too.]]\\[[spoiler:'''''ADAM:''''' '''WHAT ARE YOU?''']]\\[[spoiler:'''''Misato:''''' My name is Misato Katsuragi. Lieutenant Colonel of NERV. Daughter of Shiro Katsuragi, the stupid son of a bitch who woke you up. I am the daughter of a murdered man and the only human being to look on you with their own eyes and live to tell about it. I am the ''right hand of retribution'' and the last human being you will ''ever'' see, you glow in the dark mother f_er. Now smile asshole. Because this...]]\\[[spoiler:*Misato throws the 'fire' switch on the positron cannon* ]]\\[[spoiler:...is my seventeen years of f_ing ''payback!'']]